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@$$=,,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,,,,=$$@
@@$-,,,,,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,,,,,-$@@
#@@@$$=-,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,-=$$@@@#
#@@@$$=-,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,-=$$@@@#
@@@@$$=-,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,-=$$@@@@
@$$$-,,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,,-$$$@
##@@$$=-,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,-=$$@@##
#@@@$$=-,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,-=$$@@@#
@@@@$$=-,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,-=$$@@@@
##@@@$=-,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,-=$@@@##
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@$$$-,,,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,,,-$$$@
@$$=--,,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,,--=$$@
@@@@$$=-,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,-=$$@@@@
@@$$===-,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,-===$$@@
@$==,,,,,, AND -OUR- LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,,,,==$@
@@@@$$=-,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,-=$$@@@@
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##@@$$=-,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,-=$$@@##
##@@@$=-,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,-=$@@@##
@$$-,,,,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,,,,-$$@
@$=-,,,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,,,-=$@
@@$$$=-,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,-=$$$@@
##@@@$=-,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,-=$@@@##
@@$$==,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,==$$@@
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@@@@$$=-,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,-=$$@@@@
@@@@$$=-,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,-=$$@@@@
#@@@$$=-,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,-=$$@@@#
#@@@$$=-,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,-=$$@@@#
@@@@$$=-,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,-=$$@@@@
#@@@$$=-,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,-=$$@@@#
@@@@$$=-,, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,,-=$$@@@@
#@@@$$=-,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,-=$$@@@#
@@$$=,,,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,,,=$$@@
#@@@$$=-,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,-=$$@@@#
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@$-,,,,,,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,,,,,,-$@
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@$==,,,,,, ####,-- FERMI'S PARADOX --,#### ,,,,,,==$@
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@@@@$$=-,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,-=$$@@@@
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@@$==,,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,,==$@@
#@@@$$=-,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,-=$$@@@#
@@@@$$=-,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,-=$$@@@@
@@@@$$=-,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,-=$$@@@@
@$$$=-,,,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,,,-=$$$@
@@@$$-,,,, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,,,,-$$@@@
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@@@@$$=-,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,-=$$@@@@
#@@@$$=-,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,-=$$@@@#
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@@$$=,,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,,=$$@@
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#@@@$$=-,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,-=$$@@@#
@$=-,,,,,, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,,,,,,-=$@
#@@@$$=-,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,-=$$@@@#
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